Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-12-01
State News.

Since the formation of a Law and Or
der league in Bath. notices have been
served on storekeepers and others who
have been in the habit Of opening Their
places on Sunday to accommodate their
customers, not to open under any consld-
Grafton on that day of the week
Mr.. William H. Lowell, son of ex-
Mayor Lowell of Hallowell, and manager
of the Maine Central restaurant at Bangor,
was married to Miss Clara F. Bodwell, "A
niece of Governor Bodwell, at the Episco-
pal church in Hallowell the 18th. The
young conple took the 10 O'Clock train for
New York They will return home Thanks
giving and viii take up their residence in
Bangor.
"A portion of one Of the Belfast Wa
ter company's dams on Little River and al
20 part Of the bridge between Belfast
| and Northport were carried away by re-
cent freshct. The damage to both Struct-
ures is serious. The action, however. will
not prevent the Introduction of water into
Belfast by December
A washcrwoman of Irish descent, who
has scrubbed in Augusta for upwards of
twenty years, has just died, and ii now APP
pears greatly to the surprise of even her own
/ family that her estate amounts 10 $4,000.
"A dispatch from Machias says that j.
Scwall cole died Ia New York the 18TH
He was one Of MachiaSport', most capable
and widely known ship masters. He was
sick but two or three days. He sailed in
the bark Bonny Doom for many years. La
ter he was master Of the schooner Fred y
Small.
"A horse anil wagon were stolen from
Ira, .fqi,i,. rri,ltr.,tyArk They
We're valued al $50 THO thieves left on
the road toward Watcryillc. There have
hr-n many cases ~ larceny aud burglary
n THAT striHity u( late.
Frc DESTROYED the house and outhuld-
jng~ uf Charles stowe. Of Rockland The
fire originated in a defective chimney All
j. total loss except the furniture. In
~urcd for $3.50.
Six thousand copies Of the report Of
the secretary Of the Maine Board of Agri-
culture have been bound at the State bind
ery, ami hnnn more copies Of the same re-
Port ~till remain tu bc bound
~ man with long gray beard that
hung from hiS ctin in 4 tangled mass,
whose cyc~ Mere concealed behind a pair
Of green goggles and who wore placard
upon IT,, breast bearing the significant in
>rrlptipu, Il am blind. WH~ found To bc
an mpn,tor in Augusta. but thu only pun
i~hmcut he received a the hands Of the
authorities wa the order To- 2"t ont Of
town u~.I, of an hour.
NJ = Dean one of tAr contractors ON
thr >kowhrgan watrr-nn.k,, ha~ gone
away ann lrft hi- helm unpaid. H. ha- 100
Italians i'll hi- employ ann owes them 4
fnII months wages. amounting to some
three or four thousand dol!ar..
Tav Vlualhaycn fishermen have passed
resolutions in which thry oppose aur
treaty or UuioU aIth Canada whereby Ifs
ii~h would be- admitted free uf duty Ia
case Canada persists in her outra-e> they
suggest tnAt retalatury measures BE- re-
sorted tn y, tar United States govern
mcut
- Special despatch to the Bangor tom-
u.rrt4| froiu Nancyhpro, Friday afternoon,
~ay, a. freight train NJ, g. was gulu-
thrpn-it south Nolunku~ bridge the cn-5-
nccr nl The train saw man lying ON tG"
track The train was stopped and
THE man picked mp and taken back Z"
kngman saturday morning another man
WAS found In the river There was moth
in. about the men To- Identify them, but in
the pockets Of one was found drills fuse
ana dynamite. 1t j. thought that they werc
stealing 4 ride on ton Of THE baggag" ear
that lrft Bangor on Friday night a, The
baggage master heard noise ike eome-
thing Siding along the top Of tile car A. IL
Went through the fridge
Tut Passport >,n,ta~i ~4y- Las,
weeks storm was quite heavy for a
few hours and the SEA in West Quoddy
BAY was very heavy. but fortunately there
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